As a Turkish man, I %80 agree with you. Yes there are tons of oil in our food but it is not the main reason. Average turkish person eats 200 gr of white bread. And nearly every food contains white flour. Our economy is really bad so %50 of people cant even properly eat proteins and healthy oils, carbs...
Economic downturns also leads to obesity in Turkey. Because of the recent Economic difficulties people started to go for Cheaper alternatives including higher fat, oil and sugar, which in turn, drives obesity
as a Middle Eastern guy, I can tell you that it's not just the food or the oil but the lifestyle, lack of exercise and high stress due to financial problems and other related stress and a lot of cigarettes on top of that is very common in those countries and of course it increases cholesterol and obesity
Nope. Obviously carbs and sugar make people obese. Trust me, I am obese before. After cut sugar and carbs, only eat beef, chicken, milk, low calorie fruits, lot of veggies, never hungry and now my body weight in good BMI.
@@apair4002 carbs and sugar surely is one of the reasons why people are obese, but its not just that, dont count out other reasons; although smoking cigarettes is not a valid reason for obesity, research suggests that heavy smokers are more likely to be more overweight or underweight, but its just due to their attitudes. Heavy smokers are more likely to be a non-healthy person rather than a healthy one.
Man you sure can eat alot. I went to turkey and ate all very healthy meals. People have to make better decisions. The food sure was cheap and delicious. Great point on the oil. If people just would use less oil it could make or break their diet.
but it is for sure hard to stay on track while eating outside as a turkish person it has alwayas been very hard for me to stay in my calorie range while eating outside
Bro I don’t think that a lot of waiters in ANY country could tell you the calories of the dishes they serve🤨 At least not in ‘cheaper’ to ‘moderately-priced’ restaurants.
@@vicyet6002 yeah for sure it's definitely the exception but I would've thought other countries were similar to the UK before reading about it. Just tryna explain Joe's POV when he was asking
Asian spices are too good I use alot of indian spices in my food at home and im a white guy I season my chicken with it and even my egg sandwiches lol they are so good though and I don't get fat since the spices aren't much calories.
You also have to remember that Turkish culture is all about insisting. Insist you to dance, insist you to stay longer, and most importantly insist you to eat more to the point of obesity. My Turkish grandma used to say that I was never eating enough when I was literally the heaviest I’ve been in my whole life.
Also eating is the main way people socialize, things like sunflower seeds and watermelon are needed before every conversation. Then when you visit anyone they insist that you eat their desserts.
Now let’s not totally scare people away from oil. Olive oil especially, is very nutritious and good for us. I use it in every meal and my physique is slim. I’ve recovered from an eating disorder years ago and this video totally would have fed into my phobia
Well there are good oils and bad oils: good oils avocado oil coconut oil olive oil, bad oils sunflower oil grapeseed oil canola oil soybean oil palm oil
As a turkish man I can agree to you but there are more issues like inactivity , stress and you said eating sugar and a lot of meals containing oil, but really if you taste our foods you will understand it 😁😊
joe has officially escaped the matrix and is going on holiday whenever he feels like it. totally deserved though, i remember him grinding videos out in 2020 and 2021
oil, cigarettes, no exercise, tons of bread, lack of financial resources for healthier food, sometimes lack of awareness. Your videos are really nice! Try to find out some reasons behind why those foods are popular as well. Finances and tradition play big roles!
@@cbazxy2697 vegetables, fruits, grains almost everything you can think of that is healthy is expensive here mate. Exercise requires money, time, and the will to do it.
@@TheKraaaze the reason isn't necessarily lack of veggies, fruits in their diet. They just have to eat less/ consume less calories and maybe take multivitamins for micronutrients till income increases. And i agree exercise can be difficult when people has less free time. This isnt only answer but i think this is enough for less peoole to be obese
@@cbazxy2697Organic food in the US is more expensive, but also a bag of chips and other snacks from the $1 store, the $1 menu at McD's costs more than fruit, eggs, veggies.
From a 🇹🇷 perspective all said by Joe were right but I would like to add a little thing. There is really a culture mixup in Türkiye (probably because of the history) and that leads to a cuisine mixup of different cultures. For instance, the Aegean side of Türkiye eats much much more greens unlike the southeast although they put a lot of olive oil in it or we can say the south side of the country has more dishes which include "şerbetli" sweets like Baklava or Künefe and oily meats like different kinds of kebaps than the mid-west section of the country. I can't totally say there is one cuisine in the country. For İstanbul tho, we can say it's a good representation of the whole country. I saw a Bulgarian bro's comment (They can easily understand us to a certain level ) which is really a fact. Economical situation of the country is really related to the healthiness of the eating other than the habits, because of that, I couldn't shock people deciding cheap and delicious döner or white bread kinda things to pricey beef and salad things. Idk I can't tell a dude who receives a minimum salary to eat healthy during the economical crisis of the country which is probably the hardest times other than the Turkish war of Independence and WW2. A little bit of delicious and high-calorie cuisine and sadly a little bit of inflation probably led to that number 1 ranking. Great video as always Joe. 👍
@@Hiaki1000 as a Turk myself it’s deff not the fault of Turkish dishes my parents make very healthy Turkish dishes, and the guy in the video did go to restaurants but most people can’t even afford a restaurant.
I'm an American visiting Turkey and you're not as fat as us. I get big bags of beautiful produce at the grocery store and am happy eating at home. The pastries, chocolates and other delights everywhere might also add to people's weight problems. Poverty and obesity are also linked in the USA.
@@Hiaki1000 you are overstepping. People cant eat kebab all the day if they are not rich and you only saw istanbul or antalya or izmir or bodrum the people who has money lives there and the others has to eat whatever they can buy. Its unliveable. i used to want fastfood but i was thinking its expensive, now even if i want i cant buy... I tried only 1 starbucks coffee and it was 4 years ago. Lets not argue about that
This actually surprised me because I lived in turkey for a few months not long ago and don’t remember seeing a many obese people at all especially compared to somewhere like London
the obese people of turkey are the old people young turks are not that fat since we all work jobs where we move much, once we get old we still habe the same diet but cant move as much due to age so that is why we get fat at later years. Also most turkisch men are pretty muscular even if they are fat.
@@necipdemirbuga7024 I barley see any muscular young guy in turkey nowdays, they are mostly skinny or fat. But that's true for the previous generation, young lads back in the day were amazingly muscular compared to Young guys nowdays.
it's different on every city as well. if you go to Izmir, you'll probably barely see any actually fat person. but if you go to Adana or places near that, you will probably see a lot of fat ppl. in istanbul tho, you would probably see mostly average looking ppl. not skinny nor fat.
It strongly depends on the kind of oil, I think it has much more to do with culture. Countries like Turkey have a high connection to food. It’s just a big part of their lives.
@@alexandradevilgore974 its not much about the amount but purity. Southern europeans and middle easterns are used to have pure quality olive oil available at all times. I like in south america, and mostly i buy supermarket ones that are not pure, but id rather do that than pay $20 for an imported one
They've always wanted to become Europeans, but Europeans have never wanted to. That's all, and logic at the same time. Turkey has nothing to do in terms of culture and religion with any other European country, at least the principal ones. they're definitely not like Ukraine
As a Greek, I have realized how similar our food is😅. Many obese people in Greece as well.. The oily foods are really tasty but unhealthy. Turkey is unironically a pretty cool country Edit: Thanks for the likes my guys :))
Most of the Turks I’ve met outside of Turkey and living in the US in particular…stay mainly slim or at a healthy body fat percentage. I would never describe them as obese. I realize this is different from actually being in Turkey. Also, all the homemade meals I’ve had from the hands of Turkish cooks is mostly really healthy! Sure, you get your odd syrup soaked desserts or oven baked koftas… but there’s so many gorgeous plant based mezze and salads NOT drowned in oil. They make excellent use of bulgur, lentils, chickpeas, greens… Turkish food was one of the first cuisines that taught me the reason I grew up hating veggies was because they were prepared SO BLANDLY. Turkish food gave me freedom to thoroughly enjoy vegetables prepared simply but flavorfully. Eggplant for example… Ali Nazik is mashed eggplant, raw garlic, and yogurt topped with chicken or beef. Not too bad… Disclaimer: my favorite Turkish dish EVER is Eskandar kabob, which may or may not be drizzled with a delicious butter. 👀 Also think it’s important to note that homemade Turkish food is going to have a LOT less fat, salt and sugar, because take out in any country has crazy amounts of those elements for flavor.
There's other factors that lead to their obesity rank. In my homeland,Bulgaria people's salaries are low while the inflation goes up. Basically what im trying to say is,that the situation in Turkey is even worse and with the excessive amount of oil on the side,people don't have a choice between eating high satiety healthy foods,along the traditional food that's amazing but really easy to over eat as you said.
Exactly. In developed countries poverty leads to obesity, whereas in underdeveloped countries it leads to starvation. Many people in Turkey consume a lot of bread with their meal to feel full, and it is not the most healthy/low calorie diet. Also, kebab is not consumed as regularly as people think, because 100 gr adana kebap costs at least 55 tl now
Съгласен съм.Заплатите са много ниски и човек работи за да може да си плати яденето нищо друго. Аз консумирам много храна и с моето семейство всеки месец даваме около 1200-1500 лв за храна. Наистина е много тъжно положението в България за пенсионерите. Те могат да изберат да си платят сметките и да изберат междъ храна и лекарства. Както обичам да казвам: Съсипаха я тая държава.
They have access to the best fruit in the world and its very cheap compared to UK and Ireland. I have lived on 100% raw fruit for 4 years and bodybuilding with no expensive meats or starches etc Its a choice they are making.
@@Insp.CountMortisWinshipKlaw It is cheaper than UK of course, but people in general earn less. I am also bodybuilding and I consider myself to be lucky as I can afford chicken and fruits, not red meat though. People waiting in long lines at "halk ekmek" to buy bread for 1 TL cheaper is not a choice. You just have no idea how privileged you are
As a Bulgarian I'm curious as to how you are not full after a big döner kebab, here in Bulgaria there are many Turkish people and kebab bars are as common as in Turkey. That said I'm someone with a pretty high appetit but when I go to my local "boss" He never fails to fill up my empty stomach.
we have much smaller portions of meat, usually 70 grams per dürüm, and around 50-70 in bread, and 100-120 grams in a portion. we also dont have those salads and sauces they use in germany. a döner, let alone a big one is enough to fill me while in germany, but i can easily destroy 2 turkish dürüms with ease.
That is entirely inaccurate in the reasoning part. The main reason behind obesity is that Turkish people feed mainly on bread and low nutrient-dense carbs. They don't consume healthy oils, vegetables, and quality protein as needed. The eating habits are pretty diverse though, so carb-related obesity is less of a concern in certain parts of the country (one being the west coast). The rich Turkish cuisine is historically carb-dense, but the economical turndown of recent years has particularly led to this obesity-prone diet. Not to mention the increasingly sedentary lifestyle...
That fish place has given the most expensive stuff they had. It depends on the season, but there are actually grilled fish choices that can be healthier than those. This first sweet you ate is "macun" (pronounced "muh-joon", means "paste"). It's actually a really old, traditional sweet snack that fell out of popularity for quite some time but has made a comeback. Mainly sugar boiled to a paste with some flavorings. There are other pastes that are made with different herbs for their medicinal (in most cases aphrodisiac) qualities, but they are not really sold on the streets.
I can see what you're saying with the vast amount of oil. Some additional points: 1) Turks have a big difference between what they cook at-home vs. the food served on the street. However, the home recipes also have too much oil. 2) Turkish food has been like that for a loooong time. The main difference now is: people are not as active as they used to be (calories-out has reduced) 3) By far THE most important: the population is totally uneducated regarding nutrition. Why they need to eat what macro, for what purpose, etc.. (all countries suffer from this lack of nutritional education) BTW: the fish covered in salt is a special, ancient way of cooking. You may have been deceived to think you are intaking all that salt: you are not. There is a self-limiting mechanism that saturates the salt penetration during this cooking method. It is not supposed to taste salty.
@@en2p187 Americans were told that saturated fat (animal protein mostly) was bad for them, and to start eating more fruits and vegetables. Saturated fat, which gives most food its flavour, was replaced with unsaturated seed oils. Fat free products were loaded with sugar as well, to make them palatable. High fructose corn syrup started being added to everything. Snacking became more prevalent, as did eating opportunities throughout the day. This all led to a fatter populace.
I’m Turkish and the main reason is simple; most of the food are either heavy on carbs (a LOT of dough dishes), heavy on oil, heavy on sugar and lastly contains a lot of calories (cheese, bread, small sides). Nonetheless it all tastes incredible lol.
It's not solely about diet and nutrition. I live abroad and every time I visit my relatives in turkey, I'm totally baffled by the attitude of some people towards certain physical standards. There are, I shit you not, especially men who, by means of alcohol, physical neglect, smoking etc. deliberately aim to become more obese in order to appear more mature, rough and "manly".
idk abt that being a general thing like i’ve never heard someone say being fat is like manly or cool BUT your comment reminded me of something my grandma said. someone mentioned a guy’s belly and she said “but he’s a man it’s normal” or something like that. nah not da visceral fat normalization 😭
Great video Joe. The effort you put into this is insane. You have traveled to multiple different countries for content. And congrats on 1 mil, it was well deserved.
Thank your for this informative video. I’m Turkish and I’ve been morbidly obese almost all my life. I have lost 40kg now (I still have more to lose) and what helped me was to avoid my mothers food because she will use A LOT of oil in every meal she made.
I live in Istanbul, and you hit the nail on the head with the oily greasy foods. For me, I only eat out on special occasions or rare cheat days as a treat to enjoy delicious but very unhealthy foods. Generally I cook most of my meals at home because even when you order something 'healthy' it is usually soaked in oil. It's very hard to find healthy options - there are a few fitness restaurants but generally their food is super bland.
Fat is healthy. Do you know how to read Medical Journals! Get some of them and learn why do you need fat such as for making hormones. You need to get rid off your Kellogs (GMO corn and oats) On the other hand it is a good thing you cook at home because the oils used in restaurants are inflammatory/toxic oils such as corn etc. And we know how those oils are made. Another point, the same cooking oil in restaurants are used too many times to the point becomes highly cancerogenic.
@@johnnyfly1236 totally agree. If you went to Turkey, you would see every step there is a nut stop; all types of nuts and roasting on ordering. Or of course raw. Turks usually use Cold Press Olive oil. Turkiye is one of the biggest producers of olive oil after Spain. Not Italy; italy just get the olive oil bottle it in Italy. Most of the Italian olive oil is from Turkiye. I never had those Canola, Soy so called vegetable oils in my life. And it's proven animal fat is not inflammatory. Of course anything excessive would cause weight gain, even the healthy fats, protein. The problem in Turkiye is especially poor people surviving on bread. pasta and pastry such as Gözleme, Böreek. And the rich eating too much Patisserie food.
I live in İstanbul - Turkey. I was obese before. Now, I’m looking fit. Also, I’m a dietician :) I agree with you largely. Our traditional foods are incredibly delicious, in my opinion. Unfortunately, the foods here are too oily and too sugary. Also, İstanbul has many cultures. You can find every culture’s food here. Nevertheless, İf you want to find healthy food, you can find healthy food. Maybe it’s can be expensive. Greetings from İstanbul :)
Turkish food culture is number 1 in the world. The real home cooking and appetizers and olive oil dishes you see on this street are only for tourists. These are the real dishes of Turkish culture.
yalan arkadaşlar bu veriler ben dışarı çıkınca ne kadar obez var ya demiyorum gözüme cidden o kadar batmıyor sizin de batmıyordur, 3 gün önce marmaristen döndüm ve marmariste şu an resmen sadece ingilizler var insanların büyük çoğunluğu ingiliz ve gider gitmez direkt bu ne olm hepsi obez lan dedim bakın size abartmıyorum otelde bir ingilizle bilardo oynadık adam bilardoyu zor oynadı kilosundan kan ter içinde kaldı o yüzden obezite konusunda ingilizleri bırak geçmeyi kıyas etmemizin im ka nı yokk kendim gördüm ya
Im from Turkey and a lot of teenagers are addicted to gym these days.I probably think the obese people is usually 40 or older.Thanks for visiting btw/ edit: beyler 218 like olmus aq
Doesn't each local neighborhood in Istanbul or other similar city have a place where you can eat real traditional homemade style food? I heard that you have places where office workers eat and that they have healthier food, maybe it's heavier but it's homemade style?
Dope video bro, youve inspired me to lift and your videos are truly motivating! The time and effort you put into all of your videos is amazing and there isnt one video i dont find entertaining.
I'm italian and I can guarantee that we use extra vergin olive oil in almost every meal, yet we're still pretty healthy. It's the *amount* of it that makes the difference. A tablespoon of olive oil on a salad and another one on a steak doesn't make you fat. The point is, we don't add anything else in it. No yogurt sauces or sweet condiments. Just olive, salt and maybe some good vinegar.
As a greek guy, I thought the thumbnail was in Greece because the chubby dude looks 100 percent greek, but seeing it's in Turkey, it makes sense, our countries are awfully similar. Hello, neighbors, much love! 🇬🇷♥️🇹🇷
as a turkish man living in the US now first i have to say i was pleasantly surprised to see that u visited my city. i have to say that if you’re out, you really don’t have much options when it comes to healthy food as great tasting food is cheap and convenient. however i feel like the younger generation is generally fit as far as my experience goes. I feel like our metabolism adapted to consume vast amount of calories that even in the US now no matter how much i eat i lose weight, and thats generally 4 big meals a day. And I’ve seen other young turkish people experience the same too. also a counter observation is that having a lot of fat in our diet (for male), especially olive oil, actually had somewhat of a positive impact in terms of testosterone levels as I and many of my turkish friends look much more grown and masculine compared to my age people here in the US. Genetics definitely have a role but I don’t think it’s only reliant to that. Just a counter observation.
That’s just because US men are factually lower in testosterone than Europeans. Even brits, swedes, Irish etc are all much more masculine/developed looking than Americans of the same age because American food is pretty devoid of actual nutrition, and lifestyle. Europeans are more likely to play sports, rugby football boxing etc, Americans are more likely to do no physical activity.
I was close to obesity when I was a child and after learning my way around a healthy diet you cannot imagine the amount of fights I gave against my grandma and her oily Turkish cooking style :')
I don't think oil is the worst thing that can cause that. I mean look at the italians. They have oil in every food and they're still healthy. The reason I think it's the quality of the oil and how you cook it. Olive oil is one of the best things ever been created.
The difference with the Italians is that the Italians are like the French in the sense that they take really good care of their appearance and make a lot of effort to be slender and have a good physique. So they may eat fatty food but they eat it in small portions. Literally when I went to Italy I was amazed at how small the portions of food were while in Turkey the portions are beyond generous and could feed 2-3 Italians lol.
@@DMp-xp6mj I don't think they are fatty just because they have oil. They usually drizzle some of it on top and it's mostly extra virgin olive oil,so it's very healthy!
The other thing why Turkish people are obese is a lot of us think being fatter means you are healthier so we raise our kids to be a little bit chubby and their eating habbits carry out on their adulthood most of the times cuz nutrition is not really a well known topic and we keep on doing what our parents told us.
so true it’s in our culture for us to be fed 927273 pounds of food. I remember when I first told my family I wanted to maintain a healthier diet my mom took it as I wanted to be anorexic.
As a Greek, I know what you mean. In Greece we might not be as obese overall but our child obesity rates are off the charts because it's ingrained in our culture to feed and feed and feed small kids as much as possible because "they will grow tall with that weight" or so we think 😂😂
I'm from Ireland but travel to Turkey multiple times a year to see my boyfriend and his family- they find it so strange that I'm so health conscious, read labels for calorie content or even drink sugar free beverages. The comments about oil are on point. The majority of the time if I order a salad or vegetables, it comes *DROWNING* in a pool of oil. Very few times the oil has come on the side and I can add it if I choose. Although, for more modern areas of Istanbul I have noticed an increase in "bougie" healthy/"fit" cafes each time I come (oat bowls, egg white omelettes, drier salads, even protein shakes); some of these are stupidly overpriced, others are decent, but it's great to see more healthy options that are *actually* healthy. Other ways I find to be healthier, especially at turkish breakfast is to ask for boiled egg instead of sunny (this comes in boiling butter) some cucumber/tomato without oil, eating some cheese is fine, and a little bit of bread but not going overboard. I also join the gym while I'm there and walk as much as possible 🤣
Whoever's reading this, i pray that whatever you're going through gets better and whatever you're struggling with or worrying about is going to be fine and that everyone has a fantastic day! Amen
Just here to say: this comment is a copy-paste that a lot of verified account put in as many comment sections as they can. This person never “prayed for us” or whatever. It’s just spam to get people to subscribe.
Very similar in Pakistan. Way too much refined flour and sugar, recent boom in fast food restaurants in every gulley in major cities, insane amount of oil, and a sedentary lifestyle because there’s nothing to do here other than eat. Any time people want to do something they go out to “eat.” Diabetes is a growing problem here.
So true especially the problem of diabetes is related to sugary drinks like coca cola Fanta and energy drinks. It s a high high problem in many countries
Coming from Greece, a country with similar food culture, I realized 3 main key issues : 1) sweets and desserts EVERYWHERE and I mean everywhere. I have not seen so much candy in my life, in shops, gas stations, mini markets, TR has it all and people love it 2) foods are a little heavier, not much with olive oil and portions are generous 3) Idk if this is just Izmir, but man it was hard to find something healthy that wasnt a ... spinach pide or borek( which is super oily btw). I even asked around and people laughed at me lol. I am sure the healthy-bowl mania will come there too eventually
@@thesoundinyourhead1782 Γι αυτο λεω similar food culture και οχι "the same food culture". Η κουζινα της Τουρκιας, ειδικα της δυτικης, ειναι κοντα στην ελληνικη , σε σχεση με την βρετανική. Πολλα πιάτα ειναι παρομοια ωστόσο τα κανουμε πολυ πιο υγιεινα στην Ελλαδα.
@@zofilep3612 Η διατροφικές μας συνήθειες σαν λαός έχουν επίσης επηρεαστεί πάρα πολύ απο τη θρησκεία. Κόκκνο κρεάς συγκεκριμμένες μέρες, πολλά όσπρεια/λαχανικά/ψάρια κλπ και επίσης οι βολικές νηστείες για αποτοξίνωση. Βέβαια, κανένας δεν ακολουθεί αυτούς τους κανόνες διατροφής πλέον καθώς έχουμε διαθέσιμες πολλές περισσότερες επιλογές (ή λιγότερες ανάλογα τις αλεργίες/δυσανεξίες/διατροφικές επιλογές). Είναι όμως κάτι που συζητούσαμε πρόσφατα με 2 φίλους μου διατροφολόγους και καταλήξαμε στο "Κοίτα να δεις ρε φίλε που που είχαν βγάλει μια πολύ σωστή διατροφή οι άτιμοι". Και κάτι που μου έχει κάνει εντύπωση είναι πως στη διατροφή μας έχουμε πολύ περισσοτερο τα όσπρια απο τις υπόλοιπες μεσογειακές χώρες και δε μπορώ να καταλάβω γιατί.
Exactly, he is also confusing fat and oil. There is a extremely important difference…. But sugar is the worst of them all. A lot of calories from oil aren’t digested
Mediterranean diet is renowned for being extremely healthy (and that includes copious use of olive oil) As has been pointed out the Turkish addiction to sugar and starch on display here explains the obesity epidemic, not the consumption of oil
as a Turkish guy I'm very glad to see you in my country and I want to add something that our country is very famous for dishes, but unfortunately most of our food contains unhealthy product but also almost every our food seems like very delıcıous for most of the people :)
as Greg and a lot of other people have said people in turkey don't really eat like this. What people eat at home are usually extremely healthy. the reason obesity is high is because of the economic state of the country. Kebab is hardly ever made at home so this would be like me going to London, buy a dozen donuts, and saying "this is what British people eat".
As a Turkish man living in Thailand, i have been weighed around 80 kg for long time. My activity includes few workout from time to time plus infrequent jogging in the mornings, however my weight had been fairly stable. Two months ago came back to Turkey and within this very short time period went up to 90 kg. We Turkssh people are addicted to our own food and it makes you prone to gain wieght. Plain and simple...
This is why I struggle a lot with a Turkish family trying to keep track of my calories. They tend to put way too much oil to almost any food, and they think carbs make you fat and not the oil because they are 'healthy'. This video clearly shows why Turkey is the most obese country, even I was obese at some point before meeting the gym.
@@denizbeytekin9853 one thing that never changes though is the amount of oil being used. Even if you travel all the way to the West where people have more vegan tendencies, they still consume unholy amounts of olive oil, which is as you can guess pretty fattening.
As a turkish guy, some of the reasons why turkey is the most obese country is that one, they eat lots of white bread because its traditional and fills you up, so what they do is, they eat smaller portion of actual meals and rely on bread on the side to get full. since the economic situation is really bad, this works well for their wallets also. the second reason being the extremely low awareness of nutrition. as seen in the video that guy telling you whatever you ate was healthy, the perspective is that, if its sold on a plate and not a bag like chips are and it fills you up then its healthy. throw in a couple of vegetables and yogurt on the side and you might as well be on a diet. for example, chicken is considered a healthy food and it stops right there, so the fact that they put a hell of an oil on them doesnt register. not to mention the poor street food regulation. it could very well be horse meat you're eating. and to top it of, almost every adult smokes and doesnt exercise here.
It's nothing to do with the economic situation . In fact, the richer the Turkish people, the more they consume Baklava, Puddings, Patisserie products, sweets....
I still believe that Kebabs are a healthy meal. Much better than Macdonalds. And oil is good for you, in moderation. I think sugar is the problem, not fat. The Scientists back in the 1980s really screwed up in Food science!
@@cryingselfie when they get the chance they eat in that. I didnt say everyone does that, if they do they eat it as sweets. From what I have seen thats how it is eaten
@@cryingselfie it is not something only you buy,you can have baklava anywhere,could be a guest house. i dont know where are you getting at but there are as many 'rich' people as poor people in this country.
2:47 I was there in December last year with my family, we ate fish at a different restaurant tho, it was delicious and I don't remember it being covered with oil it was pretty healthy
the calorie density of the foods aren't even the main cause, you'd be broke within 2 weeks if you only ate a healthy diet with whole foods cause of the inflation. 1 kg of chicken costs 60 liras there
@@anusridder69420 its cheap for you because u make euros. We make turkish liras thats the difference, imagine that u were buying 1kg chicken for 60 euros
Cooked chicken cost 5 euro in my country. Chicken breast uncooked can be 8-10 euro. Chicken thighs/drumsticks are cheaper at only 2-3 euro for like 8 legs. I usually make soup with them. But I guess as you said, even though 60 lira may be worth only €3, the buying power is different. Like how my grandmother bought her house for what would today be €72,000. But nowadays that house is worth €500k
yea I totally agree with you. I am a sport men, so I almost suffer lots of problems about what should I eat now because I already noticed that There are lots of food exist everywhere and all of our food are too unhealthy :D
I‘m a fat Asian girl. When I traveled to Turkey I felt like I was so hot there. I’m considered ugly in my country. But when I was in Turkey I was flirt by many guys lol. I had never imagined I would become that desirable
Well done as a short documentary on food choices in an other culture. Yet, since he is a fitness RUclipsr in the first place, he could have mentioned what hardgainers like him and myself can learn from this : When needed, because you are stuck with a low bodyweight and low bodyfat percentage, you can add a ton of calories to your diet, by just sprinkling oil over every serving of rice or noodles you have throughout the day. That's way better than going on a dirty bulk and Arnold himself also put a couple of tea- spoons of olive oil into his protein shakes in the off season.
I come from a Mediterranean country and I can confirm that the word "calorie counting" isn't that popular, because 5 min after starting to cook you'll loose the count .
Just going to say that ‘lose’ is the word you meant. Loose means to loosen something, the opposite of tighten. You might loosen your tie or shoelaces. Lose is the opposite of win, but like you said you can lose track of something also
And that is why I usually eat what my mom cooks. She is a food technician and knows what has more protein or which food is more healthy for us so she makes out meals based on that. (note: If you didn't get it, I am from Turkey)
The fish restaurant wasn't bad. All that salt that covers the fish forms a solid wrap when baked that gets rid of afterwards, and the fish absorbs the right amount of salt .It shouldn't be salty at all. Also, the olive oil that I asume their pouring on is healty fat and it's not empty calories at all. Yes, there were fries and bread but that's about it.
okay so travel to turkey to bulk, travel to vietnam to cut i’m smart as fuck
This man has it figured out 😂
GENIUS😂
UPGRADES PEOPLE! UPGRADES!
Bro knows the purpose of life
Your not living life of your not as smart as this being.
As a Turkish man, I %80 agree with you. Yes there are tons of oil in our food but it is not the main reason. Average turkish person eats 200 gr of white bread. And nearly every food contains white flour. Our economy is really bad so %50 of people cant even properly eat proteins and healthy oils, carbs...
Harcanıyoz :(
@@PAIN-io8rn valla
@@PAIN-io8rn Ölmüşüz kafamıza sıkan yok.
HAHAHAH HEALTHY OILS
@@naorovadia1161 what’s funny?
Joe genuinely deserves a medal for the amount of stuff he can fit in just a 5 minute video.
His vids always seem longer than they actually are fr
the video felt as if it was twice as long
Lol i thought it was like 15 min
Agreed
@@freddiemcdonald9992 yes thats the power of quality > quantity
Economic downturns also leads to obesity in Turkey. Because of the recent Economic difficulties people started to go for Cheaper alternatives including higher fat, oil and sugar, which in turn, drives obesity
@@Nanno398 senin ingilizceni skim
@@Berat-j1d8v amına koydugum nasıl mıs ınglızcesı anlıyormusn barı ne dedıgını
as a Middle Eastern guy, I can tell you that it's not just the food or the oil but the lifestyle, lack of exercise and high stress due to financial problems and other related stress and a lot of cigarettes on top of that is very common in those countries and of course it increases cholesterol and obesity
Nope. Obviously carbs and sugar make people obese.
Trust me, I am obese before.
After cut sugar and carbs, only eat beef, chicken, milk, low calorie fruits, lot of veggies, never hungry and now my body weight in good BMI.
@@apair4002 carbs and sugar surely is one of the reasons why people are obese, but its not just that, dont count out other reasons; although smoking cigarettes is not a valid reason for obesity, research suggests that heavy smokers are more likely to be more overweight or underweight, but its just due to their attitudes. Heavy smokers are more likely to be a non-healthy person rather than a healthy one.
@@apair4002 but people can't eat beef or chicekn. The economy is very bad
@@aliakcayli1996 anlamiyorlar :(
@@aliakcayli1996 onlar ne anlasın 1 kilo tavuğun 80 lira olmasını asgari ücretle sadece 64 kg tavuk alınabildiğini.
Man you sure can eat alot. I went to turkey and ate all very healthy meals. People have to make better decisions. The food sure was cheap and delicious.
Great point on the oil. If people just would use less oil it could make or break their diet.
but it is for sure hard to stay on track while eating outside as a turkish person it has alwayas been very hard for me to stay in my calorie range while eating outside
Well hello there greg
Ucuz mu dedi o??
Hello greg i like your vids al lot
Hello greg i like your vids al lot
I don't normally watch vlogs but Joe's are straight to the point with no unecessary intros.
LONG LIVE THE QUEEN
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That’s why his videos are so short. He doesn’t add extra bs. :)
@@narutobinuzumaki8784I read it "no extra abs" for some reason
@@Mousa2070
LMAOO 😂🤣
Bro I don’t think that a lot of waiters in ANY country could tell you the calories of the dishes they serve🤨 At least not in ‘cheaper’ to ‘moderately-priced’ restaurants.
Yeah worked in restaurants before and never knew if calorie content etc
asking for it itself sounds weird 😂
Large UK restaurants have to list the calories by law and a lot of smaller ones will still have numbers on the menu
@@bonsh928 Ah well I didn’t know that but I still think it’s more of an exception compared to other countries
@@vicyet6002 yeah for sure it's definitely the exception but I would've thought other countries were similar to the UK before reading about it. Just tryna explain Joe's POV when he was asking
Hard not to get obese being surrounded with this food
Asian spices are too good I use alot of indian spices in my food at home and im a white guy I season my chicken with it and even my egg sandwiches lol they are so good though and I don't get fat since the spices aren't much calories.
i would love to live here
@@akiraasmr3002 yes because then you thin out your intestine and rectum with pure flames
lol
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Same I was in turkey for 3 months and instead of eating 1 meal I'll eat 5 meals
You also have to remember that Turkish culture is all about insisting. Insist you to dance, insist you to stay longer, and most importantly insist you to eat more to the point of obesity. My Turkish grandma used to say that I was never eating enough when I was literally the heaviest I’ve been in my whole life.
Also eating is the main way people socialize, things like sunflower seeds and watermelon are needed before every conversation. Then when you visit anyone they insist that you eat their desserts.
Clear Chaos being the chonkiest in the family
His büyükanne: boiiii, you're thinner than a starving beggar. EAT SOME MORE
Even with dating. The men insist you date them. They’ll even follow you around until you do.
Same as in eastern Europe and Balkans, thats the culture.
pushy roaches
You gotta appreciate the time this man puts into his video! Great job man!
Thank you bro 👊🏻
mate its a video in 360p. Watch the video before commenting.
@@cameronlotter1392 wtf no its 1080p
@@cameronlotter1392 can take a bit of time for quality to go up to what it should be after uploading
from the man himself
Now let’s not totally scare people away from oil. Olive oil especially, is very nutritious and good for us. I use it in every meal and my physique is slim. I’ve recovered from an eating disorder years ago and this video totally would have fed into my phobia
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Well there's a difference between using it and smothering it on like cream on your skin. As with all things: Moderation.
Olive oil is high in calories like any other oil
are you serious..? literally most people consume oil on a daily basis 💀 its consuming food thats swimming in oil which is unhealthy..
Well there are good oils and bad oils: good oils avocado oil coconut oil olive oil, bad oils sunflower oil grapeseed oil canola oil soybean oil palm oil
Also bread consumption is a issue in Turkey. It is the highest in per person.
As a turkish man I can agree to you but there are more issues like inactivity , stress and you said eating sugar and a lot of meals containing oil, but really if you taste our foods you will understand it 😁😊
joe has officially escaped the matrix and is going on holiday whenever he feels like it. totally deserved though, i remember him grinding videos out in 2020 and 2021
Still a grind to make videos on holiday. You try it
"escaped the matrix" 🤓
@@Yasser-hy8tn i was complimenting joe damn
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@@cyacyacya4205 💀💀
oil, cigarettes, no exercise, tons of bread, lack of financial resources for healthier food, sometimes lack of awareness. Your videos are really nice! Try to find out some reasons behind why those foods are popular as well. Finances and tradition play big roles!
Healthier food is more expensive? Which ones are u talking about?
@@cbazxy2697 vegetables, fruits, grains almost everything you can think of that is healthy is expensive here mate. Exercise requires money, time, and the will to do it.
@@TheKraaaze the reason isn't necessarily lack of veggies, fruits in their diet.
They just have to eat less/ consume less calories and maybe take multivitamins for micronutrients till income increases.
And i agree exercise can be difficult when people has less free time.
This isnt only answer but i think this is enough for less peoole to be obese
@@cbazxy2697 I don’t think you understand the crisis in Turkey rn. the income doesn’t just “increase”.
@@cbazxy2697Organic food in the US is more expensive, but also a bag of chips and other snacks from the $1 store, the $1 menu at McD's costs more than fruit, eggs, veggies.
From a 🇹🇷 perspective all said by Joe were right but I would like to add a little thing. There is really a culture mixup in Türkiye (probably because of the history) and that leads to a cuisine mixup of different cultures. For instance, the Aegean side of Türkiye eats much much more greens unlike the southeast although they put a lot of olive oil in it or we can say the south side of the country has more dishes which include "şerbetli" sweets like Baklava or Künefe and oily meats like different kinds of kebaps than the mid-west section of the country. I can't totally say there is one cuisine in the country. For İstanbul tho, we can say it's a good representation of the whole country. I saw a Bulgarian bro's comment (They can easily understand us to a certain level ) which is really a fact. Economical situation of the country is really related to the healthiness of the eating other than the habits, because of that, I couldn't shock people deciding cheap and delicious döner or white bread kinda things to pricey beef and salad things. Idk I can't tell a dude who receives a minimum salary to eat healthy during the economical crisis of the country which is probably the hardest times other than the Turkish war of Independence and WW2. A little bit of delicious and high-calorie cuisine and sadly a little bit of inflation probably led to that number 1 ranking. Great video as always Joe. 👍
@Kogel Mo 💀💀💀💀
@Kogel Mo turky stronk number 1 😳🐺💪 lol
@@Hiaki1000 as a Turk myself it’s deff not the fault of Turkish dishes my parents make very healthy Turkish dishes, and the guy in the video did go to restaurants but most people can’t even afford a restaurant.
I'm an American visiting Turkey and you're not as fat as us. I get big bags of beautiful produce at the grocery store and am happy eating at home. The pastries, chocolates and other delights everywhere might also add to people's weight problems. Poverty and obesity are also linked in the USA.
@@Hiaki1000 you are overstepping. People cant eat kebab all the day if they are not rich and you only saw istanbul or antalya or izmir or bodrum the people who has money lives there and the others has to eat whatever they can buy. Its unliveable. i used to want fastfood but i was thinking its expensive, now even if i want i cant buy... I tried only 1 starbucks coffee and it was 4 years ago. Lets not argue about that
This actually surprised me because I lived in turkey for a few months not long ago and don’t remember seeing a many obese people at all especially compared to somewhere like London
Same here
the obese people of turkey are the old people young turks are not that fat since we all work jobs where we move much, once we get old we still habe the same diet but cant move as much due to age so that is why we get fat at later years. Also most turkisch men are pretty muscular even if they are fat.
@@necipdemirbuga7024 I barley see any muscular young guy in turkey nowdays, they are mostly skinny or fat.
But that's true for the previous generation, young lads back in the day were amazingly muscular compared to Young guys nowdays.
it's different on every city as well. if you go to Izmir, you'll probably barely see any actually fat person. but if you go to Adana or places near that, you will probably see a lot of fat ppl. in istanbul tho, you would probably see mostly average looking ppl. not skinny nor fat.
Exactly...I did not come across one morbidly obese person.Whereas in UK every women other women was a waist 40 inch.
It strongly depends on the kind of oil, I think it has much more to do with culture. Countries like Turkey have a high connection to food. It’s just a big part of their lives.
So does Italy and they're thinner
@@seanmurphy2365 And the Italian food is not produced with a lot of olive oil? Ever been there?
@@erikbouma9408 yeah olive oil is pretty much a staple in Italy, but it's probably the amount that's used that makes a difference
@@alexandradevilgore974 its not much about the amount but purity. Southern europeans and middle easterns are used to have pure quality olive oil available at all times. I like in south america, and mostly i buy supermarket ones that are not pure, but id rather do that than pay $20 for an imported one
You guys are acting like olive oil is bad for you. It's one of the healthiest oils.
Fact: Turkey is Europe when the context is bad and NOT europe when context is good.
frrrr and it's not even turks fault we cant afford healty stuff
Sooo true
@@guretodaze5267 Bro turks are the reason why Turks can't buy healthy food.This is what happens if you elect the same man for 22+ years
They've always wanted to become Europeans, but Europeans have never wanted to. That's all, and logic at the same time. Turkey has nothing to do in terms of culture and religion with any other European country, at least the principal ones. they're definitely not like Ukraine
@@TanguyZ00 That's not an answer to my statement. Isn't it hypocrite do you think?
As a Greek, I have realized how similar our food is😅. Many obese people in Greece as well.. The oily foods are really tasty but unhealthy. Turkey is unironically a pretty cool country
Edit: Thanks for the likes my guys :))
we live together after all mate its not suprising
Greek and Turkish cultures are more similar to each other than people think it is. They were influenced by one another.
@@AB-lz5io Isn’t Turkey apart of the Mediterranean?
@@PrincessLioness it is
@@AB-lz5io Then that’s probably why.
I don't think this was the point of the video but now I really want to go to Turkey and eat loads
yeah same 😂😂
you really have to..
Most of the Turks I’ve met outside of Turkey and living in the US in particular…stay mainly slim or at a healthy body fat percentage. I would never describe them as obese.
I realize this is different from actually being in Turkey.
Also, all the homemade meals I’ve had from the hands of Turkish cooks is mostly really healthy! Sure, you get your odd syrup soaked desserts or oven baked koftas… but there’s so many gorgeous plant based mezze and salads NOT drowned in oil.
They make excellent use of bulgur, lentils, chickpeas, greens… Turkish food was one of the first cuisines that taught me the reason I grew up hating veggies was because they were prepared SO BLANDLY.
Turkish food gave me freedom to thoroughly enjoy vegetables prepared simply but flavorfully. Eggplant for example… Ali Nazik is mashed eggplant, raw garlic, and yogurt topped with chicken or beef. Not too bad…
Disclaimer: my favorite Turkish dish EVER is Eskandar kabob, which may or may not be drizzled with a delicious butter. 👀
Also think it’s important to note that homemade Turkish food is going to have a LOT less fat, salt and sugar, because take out in any country has crazy amounts of those elements for flavor.
I like how he trains regardless where he goes for travelling. Dedication right there. I am glad you had good time in my home country.
There's other factors that lead to their obesity rank. In my homeland,Bulgaria people's salaries are low while the inflation goes up. Basically what im trying to say is,that the situation in Turkey is even worse and with the excessive amount of oil on the side,people don't have a choice between eating high satiety healthy foods,along the traditional food that's amazing but really easy to over eat as you said.
Exactly. In developed countries poverty leads to obesity, whereas in underdeveloped countries it leads to starvation. Many people in Turkey consume a lot of bread with their meal to feel full, and it is not the most healthy/low calorie diet. Also, kebab is not consumed as regularly as people think, because 100 gr adana kebap costs at least 55 tl now
Съгласен съм.Заплатите са много ниски и човек работи за да може да си плати яденето нищо друго. Аз консумирам много храна и с моето семейство всеки месец даваме около 1200-1500 лв за храна. Наистина е много тъжно положението в България за пенсионерите. Те могат да изберат да си платят сметките и да изберат междъ храна и лекарства. Както обичам да казвам: Съсипаха я тая държава.
They have access to the best fruit in the world and its very cheap compared to UK and Ireland. I have lived on 100% raw fruit for 4 years and bodybuilding with no expensive meats or starches etc Its a choice they are making.
@@Insp.CountMortisWinshipKlaw It is cheaper than UK of course, but people in general earn less. I am also bodybuilding and I consider myself to be lucky as I can afford chicken and fruits, not red meat though. People waiting in long lines at "halk ekmek" to buy bread for 1 TL cheaper is not a choice. You just have no idea how privileged you are
@@Insp.CountMortisWinshipKlaw its cheaper for the tourists,not the people living there. They don't earn much
As a Bulgarian I'm curious as to how you are not full after a big döner kebab, here in Bulgaria there are many Turkish people and kebab bars are as common as in Turkey. That said I'm someone with a pretty high appetit but when I go to my local "boss" He never fails to fill up my empty stomach.
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Economy is fucked up so they shrinked the portion size thats probably why
Probably because his one lacked the big white bread and sauce
Because he’s like 200lbs and exercises regularly
we have much smaller portions of meat, usually 70 grams per dürüm, and around 50-70 in bread, and 100-120 grams in a portion. we also dont have those salads and sauces they use in germany. a döner, let alone a big one is enough to fill me while in germany, but i can easily destroy 2 turkish dürüms with ease.
That is entirely inaccurate in the reasoning part. The main reason behind obesity is that Turkish people feed mainly on bread and low nutrient-dense carbs. They don't consume healthy oils, vegetables, and quality protein as needed. The eating habits are pretty diverse though, so carb-related obesity is less of a concern in certain parts of the country (one being the west coast).
The rich Turkish cuisine is historically carb-dense, but the economical turndown of recent years has particularly led to this obesity-prone diet. Not to mention the increasingly sedentary lifestyle...
That fish place has given the most expensive stuff they had. It depends on the season, but there are actually grilled fish choices that can be healthier than those.
This first sweet you ate is "macun" (pronounced "muh-joon", means "paste"). It's actually a really old, traditional sweet snack that fell out of popularity for quite some time but has made a comeback. Mainly sugar boiled to a paste with some flavorings. There are other pastes that are made with different herbs for their medicinal (in most cases aphrodisiac) qualities, but they are not really sold on the streets.
Joe your production quality just seems to get better and better! Great stuff !
I can see what you're saying with the vast amount of oil.
Some additional points:
1) Turks have a big difference between what they cook at-home vs. the food served on the street. However, the home recipes also have too much oil.
2) Turkish food has been like that for a loooong time. The main difference now is: people are not as active as they used to be (calories-out has reduced)
3) By far THE most important: the population is totally uneducated regarding nutrition. Why they need to eat what macro, for what purpose, etc.. (all countries suffer from this lack of nutritional education)
BTW: the fish covered in salt is a special, ancient way of cooking. You may have been deceived to think you are intaking all that salt: you are not. There is a self-limiting mechanism that saturates the salt penetration during this cooking method. It is not supposed to taste salty.
Why were Americans not fat pre-1980? Did they know anything about macros or calories? No. What changed? I know. Do you?
Great comment. Obvious point to anyone with some experience. Same logic can be applied to many places.
@@stephenh.4476 can you tell me? Please? I'm willing to admit I dont know but I'm very curious about it
@@stephenh.4476 At 9 seconds into this video, on the map, that is not england which he has highlighted.
@@en2p187 Americans were told that saturated fat (animal protein mostly) was bad for them, and to start eating more fruits and vegetables. Saturated fat, which gives most food its flavour, was replaced with unsaturated seed oils. Fat free products were loaded with sugar as well, to make them palatable. High fructose corn syrup started being added to everything. Snacking became more prevalent, as did eating opportunities throughout the day. This all led to a fatter populace.
I’m Turkish and the main reason is simple; most of the food are either heavy on carbs (a LOT of dough dishes), heavy on oil, heavy on sugar and lastly contains a lot of calories (cheese, bread, small sides). Nonetheless it all tastes incredible lol.
What is that on 2:18? Want to try it when I go to Istanbul
Yea I try one Lebanese near me , it’s oily stuff so I only have on occasions.
@@devdetective1758 it s name "Osmanlı Macunu" and " Mesir Macunu". use one of them
@@devdetective1758 it tastes like simply just sugar, do not good as you might think
@@devdetective1758 it called "osmanlı macunu" and depends on where you eat it from i like it and advice it
It's not solely about diet and nutrition. I live abroad and every time I visit my relatives in turkey, I'm totally baffled by the attitude of some people towards certain physical standards. There are, I shit you not, especially men who, by means of alcohol, physical neglect, smoking etc. deliberately aim to become more obese in order to appear more mature, rough and "manly".
idk abt that being a general thing like i’ve never heard someone say being fat is like manly or cool BUT your comment reminded me of something my grandma said. someone mentioned a guy’s belly and she said “but he’s a man it’s normal” or something like that. nah not da visceral fat normalization 😭
Man went to a whole different country for a five minute video. Insane dedication!
Great video Joe. The effort you put into this is insane. You have traveled to multiple different countries for content. And congrats on 1 mil, it was well deserved.
Thank your for this informative video. I’m Turkish and I’ve been morbidly obese almost all my life. I have lost 40kg now (I still have more to lose) and what helped me was to avoid my mothers food because she will use A LOT of oil in every meal she made.
evet ya benimki de baya yağlı yapıyo yemekleri ne yazık ki🥲
@@boransevinc1234 usta bol yagli iyidir ;D
Update var mi? :D
I live in Istanbul, and you hit the nail on the head with the oily greasy foods. For me, I only eat out on special occasions or rare cheat days as a treat to enjoy delicious but very unhealthy foods. Generally I cook most of my meals at home because even when you order something 'healthy' it is usually soaked in oil. It's very hard to find healthy options - there are a few fitness restaurants but generally their food is super bland.
Fat is healthy. Do you know how to read Medical Journals! Get some of them and learn why do you need fat such as for making hormones. You need to get rid off your Kellogs (GMO corn and oats) On the other hand it is a good thing you cook at home because the oils used in restaurants are inflammatory/toxic oils such as corn etc. And we know how those oils are made. Another point, the same cooking oil in restaurants are used too many times to the point becomes highly cancerogenic.
@@fugenturkoglu Fat is needed. Point is the amount of fat and the isolation level (oil is less healthy than nuts, seeds or avocado).
@@johnnyfly1236 totally agree. If you went to Turkey, you would see every step there is a nut stop; all types of nuts and roasting on ordering. Or of course raw. Turks usually use Cold Press Olive oil. Turkiye is one of the biggest producers of olive oil after Spain. Not Italy; italy just get the olive oil bottle it in Italy. Most of the Italian olive oil is from Turkiye. I never had those Canola, Soy so called vegetable oils in my life. And it's proven animal fat is not inflammatory. Of course anything excessive would cause weight gain, even the healthy fats, protein. The problem in Turkiye is especially poor people surviving on bread. pasta and pastry such as Gözleme, Böreek. And the rich eating too much Patisserie food.
@@fugenturkoglu Anything from animals in inflammatory. The only studies denying that are paid by the animal agriculture industry.
@@johnnyfly1236 lets agree to disagree on this very controversial topic.
Joe, congrats one 1 million subscribers! You deserve bro, you helped thousands of people including me get fit. Thank you
I live in İstanbul - Turkey. I was obese before. Now, I’m looking fit. Also, I’m a dietician :)
I agree with you largely. Our traditional foods are incredibly delicious, in my opinion. Unfortunately, the foods here are too oily and too sugary. Also, İstanbul has many cultures. You can find every culture’s food here. Nevertheless, İf you want to find healthy food, you can find healthy food. Maybe it’s can be expensive.
Greetings from İstanbul :)
Congrats on 1 mill 🥳 it’s incredible I’ve been watching you for 2 years now and have been hitting the gym for 9 months thanks to you!
Turkish food culture is number 1 in the world. The real home cooking and appetizers and olive oil dishes you see on this street are only for tourists. These are the real dishes of Turkish culture.
As a Turkish girl I really enjoyed when you taste the Turkish foods.That’s a lovely video 😊
Tabii bilgisizce eleştiri yapmasa daha iyi olurdu
@@IvoryTunesOnPiano evet Türkiye’deki obezitenin sebebi çok fazla hamur işi ekmek vs.
@@imposter. spor yapan olmazsa bir ülkede böyle olur
@@IvoryTunesOnPiano evet haklısın
yalan arkadaşlar bu veriler ben dışarı çıkınca ne kadar obez var ya demiyorum gözüme cidden o kadar batmıyor sizin de batmıyordur, 3 gün önce marmaristen döndüm ve marmariste şu an resmen sadece ingilizler var insanların büyük çoğunluğu ingiliz ve gider gitmez direkt bu ne olm hepsi obez lan dedim bakın size abartmıyorum otelde bir ingilizle bilardo oynadık adam bilardoyu zor oynadı kilosundan kan ter içinde kaldı o yüzden obezite konusunda ingilizleri bırak geçmeyi kıyas etmemizin im ka nı yokk kendim gördüm ya
Im from Turkey and a lot of teenagers are addicted to gym these days.I probably think the obese people is usually 40 or older.Thanks for visiting btw/ edit: beyler 218 like olmus aq
You are right it just false information
Not every teenager. I still have overweight friends who doesn’t work out. but yeh the habit of working out is getting more and more popular
@@MSerhanM Are you from Turkey, how are you so sure?
Doesn't each local neighborhood in Istanbul or other similar city have a place where you can eat real traditional homemade style food? I heard that you have places where office workers eat and that they have healthier food, maybe it's heavier but it's homemade style?
@@jcena5743 obviously not everyone goes to the gym so there is also lot of obese teenagers in turkey too.
Dope video bro, youve inspired me to lift and your videos are truly motivating! The time and effort you put into all of your videos is amazing and there isnt one video i dont find entertaining.
I'm italian and I can guarantee that we use extra vergin olive oil in almost every meal, yet we're still pretty healthy.
It's the *amount* of it that makes the difference.
A tablespoon of olive oil on a salad and another one on a steak doesn't make you fat.
The point is, we don't add anything else in it.
No yogurt sauces or sweet condiments.
Just olive, salt and maybe some good vinegar.
It's all down to portion size and nothing more. Overeating is the biggest problem of all.
Congrats on a million! Keep doing what your doing.
As a greek guy, I thought the thumbnail was in Greece because the chubby dude looks 100 percent greek, but seeing it's in Turkey, it makes sense, our countries are awfully similar. Hello, neighbors, much love! 🇬🇷♥️🇹🇷
western turks are greeks in denial
Μην τα λες αυτά παραέξω..
@@MastroOfficial Ο λόγος;
love from turkiye
nice greek man 🤙🏻🇬🇷
There is also Lots of great salads and great vegetable dishes in Turkey. Do these with olive oil and its great
I think it’s so amazing, how every video increases in quality.
I love the way you present the content,the way you tell the story!!
Being a foodie,😂😂I really enjoy your videos!
as a turkish man living in the US now first i have to say i was pleasantly surprised to see that u visited my city. i have to say that if you’re out, you really don’t have much options when it comes to healthy food as great tasting food is cheap and convenient. however i feel like the younger generation is generally fit as far as my experience goes. I feel like our metabolism adapted to consume vast amount of calories that even in the US now no matter how much i eat i lose weight, and thats generally 4 big meals a day. And I’ve seen other young turkish people experience the same too. also a counter observation is that having a lot of fat in our diet (for male), especially olive oil, actually had somewhat of a positive impact in terms of testosterone levels as I and many of my turkish friends look much more grown and masculine compared to my age people here in the US. Genetics definitely have a role but I don’t think it’s only reliant to that. Just a counter observation.
That’s just because US men are factually lower in testosterone than Europeans. Even brits, swedes, Irish etc are all much more masculine/developed looking than Americans of the same age because American food is pretty devoid of actual nutrition, and lifestyle. Europeans are more likely to play sports, rugby football boxing etc, Americans are more likely to do no physical activity.
The banned stuff in American food make them less developed.
I was close to obesity when I was a child and after learning my way around a healthy diet you cannot imagine the amount of fights I gave against my grandma and her oily Turkish cooking style :')
Man, the effort in these videos is insane :)
It’s hard to not binge with all that food around you congrats to you Joe
I don't think oil is the worst thing that can cause that. I mean look at the italians. They have oil in every food and they're still healthy. The reason I think it's the quality of the oil and how you cook it. Olive oil is one of the best things ever been created.
A lot of Turkish dishes are made with Olive oil too :)
Olive oil is a staple in the Mediterranean region
@@eros727 Exactly
The difference with the Italians is that the Italians are like the French in the sense that they take really good care of their appearance and make a lot of effort to be slender and have a good physique. So they may eat fatty food but they eat it in small portions. Literally when I went to Italy I was amazed at how small the portions of food were while in Turkey the portions are beyond generous and could feed 2-3 Italians lol.
@@DMp-xp6mj I don't think they are fatty just because they have oil. They usually drizzle some of it on top and it's mostly extra virgin olive oil,so it's very healthy!
The other thing why Turkish people are obese is a lot of us think being fatter means you are healthier so we raise our kids to be a little bit chubby and their eating habbits carry out on their adulthood most of the times cuz nutrition is not really a well known topic and we keep on doing what our parents told us.
so true it’s in our culture for us to be fed 927273 pounds of food. I remember when I first told my family I wanted to maintain a healthier diet my mom took it as I wanted to be anorexic.
As a Greek, I know what you mean. In Greece we might not be as obese overall but our child obesity rates are off the charts because it's ingrained in our culture to feed and feed and feed small kids as much as possible because "they will grow tall with that weight" or so we think 😂😂
Similar in Serbia. Man isn't a man if he isn't big. In muscles or fat.
Wait until he sees what traditional Mexican food is like. So much oil and so much cheese. its why Mexican food is my first love
I'm from Ireland but travel to Turkey multiple times a year to see my boyfriend and his family- they find it so strange that I'm so health conscious, read labels for calorie content or even drink sugar free beverages. The comments about oil are on point. The majority of the time if I order a salad or vegetables, it comes *DROWNING* in a pool of oil. Very few times the oil has come on the side and I can add it if I choose. Although, for more modern areas of Istanbul I have noticed an increase in "bougie" healthy/"fit" cafes each time I come (oat bowls, egg white omelettes, drier salads, even protein shakes); some of these are stupidly overpriced, others are decent, but it's great to see more healthy options that are *actually* healthy. Other ways I find to be healthier, especially at turkish breakfast is to ask for boiled egg instead of sunny (this comes in boiling butter) some cucumber/tomato without oil, eating some cheese is fine, and a little bit of bread but not going overboard. I also join the gym while I'm there and walk as much as possible 🤣
how did u guys met?
Very good points. I am from turkey and now in the uk all products are light/sugar free and in little packages with one portion of food.
Hey Joe! Will you visit Hungary once? I can’t wait to see you here! Love you videos bro! Keep doing.💪😎
Whoever's reading this, i pray that whatever you're going through gets better and whatever you're struggling with or worrying about is going to be fine and that everyone has a fantastic day! Amen
@@writingweasel6518 it will : )
This has nothing to do with the video
Just here to say: this comment is a copy-paste that a lot of verified account put in as many comment sections as they can. This person never “prayed for us” or whatever. It’s just spam to get people to subscribe.
@@warmekip2713 I know that
@@warmekip2713 I know, it’s still a lot of rubbish that shouldn’t be on here though
Big support from 🇹🇷 I wish I had known that you were in Istanbul. I appreciate your vids and have been following them for years. You came so far 🔥🔥
2:40 dude, he just took you to the furthest restaurant 🤣
Very similar in Pakistan. Way too much refined flour and sugar, recent boom in fast food restaurants in every gulley in major cities, insane amount of oil, and a sedentary lifestyle because there’s nothing to do here other than eat. Any time people want to do something they go out to “eat.” Diabetes is a growing problem here.
So true especially the problem of diabetes is related to sugary drinks like coca cola Fanta and energy drinks. It s a high high problem in many countries
Joe doesn't just make GREAT content, he makes UNIQUE content and always comes up with awesome videos. Fair play dude😎😎😎
Im the local in the video hello to everyone love the content!
Usta keşke taksicilere güvenme de deseydin adam gitmiş taksiciye restoran sormuş ahahahshab
Joe should travel to the most visited countries and the least visited countries. He loves travelling!
Coming from Greece, a country with similar food culture, I realized 3 main key issues :
1) sweets and desserts EVERYWHERE and I mean everywhere. I have not seen so much candy in my life, in shops, gas stations, mini markets, TR has it all and people love it
2) foods are a little heavier, not much with olive oil and portions are generous
3) Idk if this is just Izmir, but man it was hard to find something healthy that wasnt a ... spinach pide or borek( which is super oily btw). I even asked around and people laughed at me lol. I am sure the healthy-bowl mania will come there too eventually
Πως ακριβώς λες ότι είναι κοινά φαγητά όταν ΔΕΝ είναι;
@@thesoundinyourhead1782 τι εννοεις; Δεν μιλησα καθολου για κοινα φαγητα.
@@zofilep3612"similar food culture". Δεν είναι. Έχουν περισσότερες περσικες καταβολές τα φαγητά τους. Έχουν βούτυρο αρκετό επίσης.
@@thesoundinyourhead1782 Γι αυτο λεω similar food culture και οχι "the same food culture". Η κουζινα της Τουρκιας, ειδικα της δυτικης, ειναι κοντα στην ελληνικη , σε σχεση με την βρετανική. Πολλα πιάτα ειναι παρομοια ωστόσο τα κανουμε πολυ πιο υγιεινα στην Ελλαδα.
@@zofilep3612 Η διατροφικές μας συνήθειες σαν λαός έχουν επίσης επηρεαστεί πάρα πολύ απο τη θρησκεία. Κόκκνο κρεάς συγκεκριμμένες μέρες, πολλά όσπρεια/λαχανικά/ψάρια κλπ και επίσης οι βολικές νηστείες για αποτοξίνωση. Βέβαια, κανένας δεν ακολουθεί αυτούς τους κανόνες διατροφής πλέον καθώς έχουμε διαθέσιμες πολλές περισσότερες επιλογές (ή λιγότερες ανάλογα τις αλεργίες/δυσανεξίες/διατροφικές επιλογές). Είναι όμως κάτι που συζητούσαμε πρόσφατα με 2 φίλους μου διατροφολόγους και καταλήξαμε στο "Κοίτα να δεις ρε φίλε που που είχαν βγάλει μια πολύ σωστή διατροφή οι άτιμοι". Και κάτι που μου έχει κάνει εντύπωση είναι πως στη διατροφή μας έχουμε πολύ περισσοτερο τα όσπρια απο τις υπόλοιπες μεσογειακές χώρες και δε μπορώ να καταλάβω γιατί.
Bro love you soooooooo much continue your so high quality videos 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Fat isn't the problem. Refined, processed carbs are the issue 🧡
Exactly, he is also confusing fat and oil. There is a extremely important difference…. But sugar is the worst of them all. A lot of calories from oil aren’t digested
Exactly, all those meals are full of carbs.
Mediterranean diet is renowned for being extremely healthy (and that includes copious use of olive oil) As has been pointed out the Turkish addiction to sugar and starch on display here explains the obesity epidemic, not the consumption of oil
as a Turkish guy I'm very glad to see you in my country and I want to add something that our country is very famous for dishes, but unfortunately most of our food contains unhealthy product but also almost every our food seems like very delıcıous for most of the people :)
Turkish cuisine is so rich that it can be healthy and unhealthy at the same time. Turkish food can also get very very vegan.
love the 360p, so happy how far technolagy has come
ITS LEGIT COS IT HASNT PROCESSED
as Greg and a lot of other people have said people in turkey don't really eat like this. What people eat at home are usually extremely healthy. the reason obesity is high is because of the economic state of the country. Kebab is hardly ever made at home so this would be like me going to London, buy a dozen donuts, and saying "this is what British people eat".
As a Turkish man living in Thailand, i have been weighed around 80 kg for long time. My activity includes few workout from time to time plus infrequent jogging in the mornings, however my weight had been fairly stable. Two months ago came back to Turkey and within this very short time period went up to 90 kg. We Turkssh people are addicted to our own food and it makes you prone to gain wieght. Plain and simple...
Love ur vids Joe, thanks for helping me on my bulking journey!
This is why I struggle a lot with a Turkish family trying to keep track of my calories. They tend to put way too much oil to almost any food, and they think carbs make you fat and not the oil because they are 'healthy'. This video clearly shows why Turkey is the most obese country, even I was obese at some point before meeting the gym.
Turkish cuisine is so rich, diverse that it can be healthy and unhealthy at the same time. Turkish food can also get very very vegan.
@@denizbeytekin9853 one thing that never changes though is the amount of oil being used. Even if you travel all the way to the West where people have more vegan tendencies, they still consume unholy amounts of olive oil, which is as you can guess pretty fattening.
At 02:19, the man charges 100 TL for a putty sugar, but the normal price is only 5 or 10 TL.
He paid 5 euros for a candy in the streets hahahaha
mf just scammed him on the street
@@ismaelfernandez205 he's rich so it doesnt matter
@@fryhyhso robing rich people is ok?
As a turkish guy, some of the reasons why turkey is the most obese country is that one, they eat lots of white bread because its traditional and fills you up, so what they do is, they eat smaller portion of actual meals and rely on bread on the side to get full. since the economic situation is really bad, this works well for their wallets also.
the second reason being the extremely low awareness of nutrition. as seen in the video that guy telling you whatever you ate was healthy, the perspective is that, if its sold on a plate and not a bag like chips are and it fills you up then its healthy. throw in a couple of vegetables and yogurt on the side and you might as well be on a diet. for example, chicken is considered a healthy food and it stops right there, so the fact that they put a hell of an oil on them doesnt register. not to mention the poor street food regulation. it could very well be horse meat you're eating. and to top it of, almost every adult smokes and doesnt exercise here.
REALLL
It's nothing to do with the economic situation . In fact, the richer the Turkish people, the more they consume Baklava, Puddings, Patisserie products, sweets....
@@fugenturkoglu Yes I'm both rich and fat at the same time
I still believe that Kebabs are a healthy meal. Much better than Macdonalds. And oil is good for you, in moderation. I think sugar is the problem, not fat. The Scientists back in the 1980s really screwed up in Food science!
The problem is seed oils, Olive oil is fine
a piece of baklava is about 400cals and most of the people eat at least two of them as 'sweet' after the dinner.
if you have the money for it
@@cryingselfie when they get the chance they eat in that. I didnt say everyone does that, if they do they eat it as sweets. From what I have seen thats how it is eaten
@@cryingselfie it is not something only you buy,you can have baklava anywhere,could be a guest house. i dont know where are you getting at but there are as many 'rich' people as poor people in this country.
Baklava almanyada yersin
I eat like 6-8 pieces, if I have bought baklava, but I live in Bulgaria and here it cost 15levs-30levs per kg, which is around 188tl-283tl.
2:47 I was there in December last year with my family, we ate fish at a different restaurant tho, it was delicious and I don't remember it being covered with oil it was pretty healthy
They make the food with oil do you saw them cooking the food? No
You absolutely lucky basterd, that fish shop is the best and of the most underrated restaurants in Turkey, your taxi driver REALLY was video saver
I love your world traveling adventures. You should do a series out of it! 🙂🛩🌎
the calorie density of the foods aren't even the main cause, you'd be broke within 2 weeks if you only ate a healthy diet with whole foods cause of the inflation. 1 kg of chicken costs 60 liras there
1 kg chicken = 60 liras = 3,25 euro.. here in the netherlands 1 kg chicken is 10 euros
@@anusridder69420 its cheap for you because u make euros. We make turkish liras thats the difference, imagine that u were buying 1kg chicken for 60 euros
300 rupees for 2kg chicken in Kashmir
Cooked chicken cost 5 euro in my country. Chicken breast uncooked can be 8-10 euro. Chicken thighs/drumsticks are cheaper at only 2-3 euro for like 8 legs. I usually make soup with them.
But I guess as you said, even though 60 lira may be worth only €3, the buying power is different. Like how my grandmother bought her house for what would today be €72,000. But nowadays that house is worth €500k
@@anusridder69420 aight but who gets their salary with euros then in Turkey???
This is the best advertisement to go to turkey ever i want all that food now and im less that normal weight rn OMG
Bread is the most popular food item in Turkey, hands down. Everybody eats bread with their meal
I moved to Istanbul like 2 weeks ago for my Erasmus, absolutely loving it so far!! But eating healthy has been sooooo hard haha
yea I totally agree with you. I am a sport men, so I almost suffer lots of problems about what should I eat now because I already noticed that There are lots of food exist everywhere and all of our food are too unhealthy :D
I‘m a fat Asian girl. When I traveled to Turkey I felt like I was so hot there. I’m considered ugly in my country. But when I was in Turkey I was flirt by many guys lol. I had never imagined I would become that desirable
lol
Well done as a short documentary on food choices in an other culture.
Yet, since he is a fitness RUclipsr
in the first place, he could have
mentioned what hardgainers like
him and myself can learn from
this : When needed, because you
are stuck with a low bodyweight
and low bodyfat percentage, you
can add a ton of calories to your
diet, by just sprinkling oil over
every serving of rice or noodles
you have throughout the day.
That's way better than going
on a dirty bulk and Arnold
himself also put a couple of tea-
spoons of olive oil into his protein
shakes in the off season.
That was a sad poetry bro...
As a local I can say the people says ‘I had X kilos’ didn’t ate the foods that we eat everyday
Olive oil is in almost every mediterranean dish
and mediterranean diets are healthy wtf
@@lorenzospitaleri they are
@@lorenzospitaleri olive oil is healthy
@@iskambillordu I know that
Yes, but is it overloaded with it... Amount matters
I come from a Mediterranean country and I can confirm that the word "calorie counting" isn't that popular, because 5 min after starting to cook you'll loose the count .
let me guess, italy?
Just going to say that ‘lose’ is the word you meant. Loose means to loosen something, the opposite of tighten. You might loosen your tie or shoelaces.
Lose is the opposite of win, but like you said you can lose track of something also
@@arielbertoldi5423 yes
@@arielbertoldi5423 yes I mean lose ,but I wrote it wrong
ayoo amazing couple 0:48
Yeah
Turkiye is in my Top 5 bucket list to visit. To visit the Blue Mosque, Nicaea, etc. The food, that ice cream.
Hey Joe ! Did you tried „Iskender Kebab“ over there ? It is my favourite and an absolute unit when it comes to tase 😉 (and calorie wise 😁)
And that is why I usually eat what my mom cooks. She is a food technician and knows what has more protein or which food is more healthy for us so she makes out meals based on that. (note: If you didn't get it, I am from Turkey)
Ochhhh hayat
Idk man 98% of restaurants don’t have calorie mentioned
The fish restaurant wasn't bad. All that salt that covers the fish forms a solid wrap when baked that gets rid of afterwards, and the fish absorbs the right amount of salt .It shouldn't be salty at all. Also, the olive oil that I asume their pouring on is healty fat and it's not empty calories at all.
Yes, there were fries and bread but that's about it.
0:36 me seeing my country is on forth place 😦
Me not seeing my country because it's the least obese country 😎 (italy)
He is scandalized by the use of olive oil when in his country they use butter for everything lol